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    total species: 261
    total photos: 2412
    total videos: 0
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    1. Ring-billed Gull (2023-01-03)
    2. Solitary Snipe (2023-01-04)
    4. Goosander (2023-01-05)
    5. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-01-05)
    6. White Wagtail (2023-01-09)
    7. Masked Wagtail (2023-01-09)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-01-14)
    9. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-14)
    10. Common Snipe (2023-01-14)
    11. Tufted Duck (2023-01-15)
    12. Caspian Gull (2023-01-15)
    13. Mallard (2023-01-15)
    14. Mew Gull (2023-01-15)
    15. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-15)
    16. Greater Scaup (2023-01-15)
    17. Rook (2023-01-15)
    18. Common Redshank (2023-01-15)
    19. Northern Pintail (2023-01-15)
    20. Hooded Crow (2023-01-16)
    21. Common Teal (2023-01-16)
    22. Northern Wren (2023-01-16)
    23. European Robin (2023-01-16)
    24. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-16)
    25. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-16)
    26. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-18)
    27. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-18)
    28. Whooper Swan (2023-01-18)
    29. Greater Flamingo (2023-01-18)
    30. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-18)
    31. Common Coot (2023-01-18)
    32. Mute Swan (2023-01-19)
    33. Brambling (2023-01-21)
    34. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-21)
    35. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-22)
    36. Common Kestrel (2023-01-24)
    37. Meadow Pipit (2023-01-26)
    38. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-27)
    39. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-30)
    40. Bearded Tit (2023-01-30)
    41. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-01-31)
    42. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-02-01)
    43. Great Cormorant (2023-02-05)
    44. Gadwall (2023-02-06)
    45. Long-tailed Tit (2023-02-18)
    46. Great Tit (2023-02-18)
    47. Eurasian Magpie (2023-02-19)
    48. Grey Partridge (2023-02-21)
    49. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-02-21)
    50. Fieldfare (2023-02-24)
    51. Rock Pigeon (2023-02-24)
    52. Hawfinch (2023-02-24)
    53. Azure Tit (2023-02-24)
    54. Snowy Owl (2023-02-25)
    55. Black Lark (2023-02-25)
    56. Northern Black Grouse (2023-02-26)
    57. Eurasian Siskin (2023-02-26)
    58. Green Sandpiper (2023-03-01)
    59. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-03-01)
    60. Crested Lark (2023-03-02)
    61. White-headed Duck (2023-03-05)
    62. Cetti's Warbler (2023-03-05)
    63. Merlin (2023-03-05)
    64. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-05)
    65. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-07)
    66. Yellowhammer (2023-03-07)
    67. Common Starling (2023-03-07)
    68. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-03-07)
    69. Hen Harrier (2023-03-10)
    70. Hoopoe (2023-03-10)
    71. European Stonechat (2023-03-14)
    72. Trumpeter Finch (2023-03-17)
    73. Steppe Eagle (2023-03-17)
    74. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-03-17)
    75. Calandra Lark (2023-03-18)
    76. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-03-18)
    77. Chukar Partridge (2023-03-18)
    78. Bimaculated Lark (2023-03-18)
    79. Common Crane (2023-03-21)
    80. Dunlin (2023-03-22)
    82. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-22)
    83. Kentish Plover (2023-03-25)
    84. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-03-25)
    85. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-25)
    86. Black Redstart (2023-03-27)
    87. Garganey (2023-03-27)
    88. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-27)
    89. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-30)
    90. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-03-30)
    91. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-30)
    92. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-02)
    93. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-02)
    94. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-02)
    95. Siberian Stonechat (2023-04-02)
    96. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-02)
    97. Bluethroat (2023-04-02)
    98. Common Swift (2023-04-02)
    99. Barn Swallow (2023-04-02)
    100. Glossy Ibis (2023-04-02)
    101. Purple Heron (2023-04-02)
    102. Stock Pigeon (2023-04-02)
    103. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-03)
    104. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-04)
    105. Ruff (2023-04-04)
    106. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-04)
    107. Jack Snipe (2023-04-05)
    108. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-04-05)
    109. Alpine Swift (2023-04-06)
    110. Common Raven (2023-04-06)
    111. Desert Finch (2023-04-06)
    112. Horned Lark (2023-04-06)
    113. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-04-07)
    114. Grey Wagtail (2023-04-07)
    115. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-04-08)
    116. Slender-billed Gull (2023-04-08)
    117. Little Gull (2023-04-08)
    118. Common Tern (2023-04-08)
    119. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-08)
    120. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-04-09)
    121. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-09)
    122. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-09)
    123. Common Shelduck (2023-04-10)
    124. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-04-11)
    125. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-04-16)
    126. Sand Martin (2023-04-16)
    127. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-17)
    128. Spotted Crake (2023-04-17)
    129. Song Thrush (2023-04-17)
    130. Moustached Warbler (2023-04-17)
    131. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-04-18)
    132. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-19)
    133. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-19)
    134. Eurasian Curlew (2023-04-22)
    135. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-04-22)
    136. Great White Pelican (2023-04-22)
    137. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-04-22)
    138. Grey Heron (2023-04-22)
    139. Great White Egret (2023-04-22)
    140. Northern Lapwing (2023-04-22)
    141. Turkestan Shrike (2023-04-23)
    142. Griffon Vulture (2023-04-23)
    143. Cinereous Vulture (2023-04-23)
    144. Pallid Harrier (2023-04-23)
    145. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-04-23)
    146. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-04-23)
    147. Spanish Sparrow (2023-04-23)
    148. Isabelline Shrike (2023-04-23)
    149. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-24)
    150. Carrion Crow (2023-04-24)
    151. Booted Eagle (2023-04-25)
    152. Himalayan Vulture (2023-04-25)
    153. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-04-25)
    154. Golden Eagle (2023-04-25)
    155. Common Buzzard (2023-04-25)
    156. Common Mynah (2023-04-26)
    157. Tree Pipit (2023-04-26)
    158. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2023-04-27)
    159. Black Kite (2023-04-27)
    160. Sky Lark (2023-04-27)
    161. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-04-27)
    162. Common Pheasant (2023-04-27)
    163. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-04-27)
    164. Hume's Warbler (2023-04-30)
    165. Brown Dipper (2023-04-30)
    166. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-04-30)
    167. Black-throated Accentor (2023-05-02)
    168. Northern Goshawk (2023-05-02)
    169. Coal Tit (2023-05-04)
    170. Rosy Starling (2023-05-06)
    171. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-06)
    172. Shikra (2023-05-06)
    173. Cattle Egret (2023-05-07)
    174. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-07)
    175. White-winged Tern (2023-05-08)
    176. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-08)
    177. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-08)
    178. Little Tern (2023-05-08)
    179. Grey Plover (2023-05-08)
    180. Sanderling (2023-05-08)
    181. Squacco Heron (2023-05-08)
    182. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-08)
    183. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-10)
    184. European Nightjar (2023-05-10)
    185. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-10)
    186. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-16)
    187. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-16)
    188. Sedge Warbler (2023-05-16)
    189. Little Bittern (2023-05-16)
    190. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-16)
    191. European Bee-eater (2023-05-16)
    192. Little Egret (2023-05-18)
    193. Willow Warbler (2023-05-18)
    194. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-18)
    196. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-19)
    197. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-05-20)
    198. Garden Warbler (2023-05-20)
    199. Barred Warbler (2023-05-20)
    200. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-20)
    201. Syke's Warbler (2023-05-20)
    202. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-20)
    203. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-23)
    204. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-23)
    205. Tawny Pipit (2023-05-24)
    206. Booted Warbler (2023-05-25)
    207. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-29)
    208. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-06-07)
    209. Egyptian Vulture (2023-06-14)
    210. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-06-14)
    211. Caspian Tern (2023-06-21)
    212. Common Cuckoo (2023-06-23)
    213. Arctic Loon (2023-06-24)
    214. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-07-02)
    215. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-07-02)
    216. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-07-02)
    217. Desert Wheatear (2023-07-02)
    218. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-07-02)
    219. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-07-06)
    220. Pallas's Gull (2023-07-13)
    221. Common Oystercatcher (2023-07-19)
    222. Sandwich Tern (2023-07-19)
    223. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-19)
    224. Little Stint (2023-07-26)
    225. Savi's Warbler (2023-08-08)
    226. Marsh Warbler (2023-08-10)
    227. Little Crake (2023-08-14)
    228. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-15)
    229. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-16)
    230. Whinchat (2023-08-18)
    231. Ortolan Bunting (2023-08-20)
    232. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-22)
    233. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-08-22)
    234. Common Moorhen (2023-08-26)
    235. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-08-28)
    236. Little Owl (2023-09-03)
    237. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-09-09)
    238. Osprey (2023-09-16)
    239. Blackcap (2023-09-16)
    240. Pied Flycatcher (2023-09-16)
    241. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-09-17)
    242. Black Tern (2023-09-18)
    243. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2023-09-20)
    244. River Warbler (2023-09-26)
    245. Red Crossbill (2023-10-01)
    246. Goldcrest (2023-10-05)
    247. Saker Falcon (2023-10-13)
    248. Water Rail (2023-10-14)
    249. Common Greenshank (2023-10-14)
    250. Blue Tit (2023-10-20)
    251. Peregrine Falcon (2023-10-21)
    252. Redwing (2023-10-22)
    253. European Greenfinch (2023-10-30)
    254. Common Chaffinch (2023-10-30)
    255. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-10-30)
    256. Dunnock (2023-11-18)
    257. Mistle Thrush (2023-11-20)
    258. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-11-27)
    259. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-11-29)
    260. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-12-24)
    261. Little Grebe (2023-12-29)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-31. Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Gull, European Black Redstart, Hooded Crow, Common Chiffchaff, Siberian Black-backed Gull.

    2023-12-29. Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Water Rail, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe.

    2023-12-26. Caspian Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Water Rail, Black-throated Thrush, Tufted Duck, Tufted Duck, Greater White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Grey Heron.

    2023-12-22. Water Rail, Northern Wren, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Eurasian Siskin, Tree Sparrow, Ring-billed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Solitary Snipe.

    2023-12-03. Ring-billed Gull, Mew Gull, Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk, Hen Harrier, Common Chiffchaff, Goldcrest.

    2023-11-30. Northern Reed Bunting, Hen Harrier, Common Goldeneye, Unkown Bird, Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk, Pallid Harrier, Pallas's Gull, Pallid Harrier, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-headed Gull.

    2023-11-27. Eversmann's Redstart, Goldcrest, Dunnock.

    2023-11-24. Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Blackbird, Blue Tit, Pallid Harrier, Hen Harrier.

    2023-11-23. Solitary Snipe, Dunnock, Hen Harrier.

    2023-11-21. Long-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Common Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, Redwing, Mistle Thrush.

    2023-11-18. Blue Tit, Northern Wren, Common Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Northern Wren, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2023-11-14. Siberian Black-backed Gull, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Fieldfare, Redwing, Hooded Crow.

    2023-11-09. Lesser Short-toed Lark, Fieldfare, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Chiffchaff, Redwing, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Coot, European Black Redstart, Sky Lark, Common Chaffinch, Common Starling, Goldcrest, Eurasian Woodcock, Sky Lark, Calandra Lark, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2023-10-31. Blue Tit, European Greenfinch, Northern Wren, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Brambling, Blue Tit, Eurasian Woodcock.

    2023-10-29. Blue Tit, Turkestan Shrike, Northern Reed Bunting, Greater Flamingo, Common Teal.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

    Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.
    more rarities...

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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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